It was legally acquired from the sale of his home, something the province's forfeiture agents must have known very well. Since it began the practice of civil forfeiture in 2003, Ontario has seized $49.5 million worth of property. There is one group, though, that enjoys near-total immunity from forfeiture: lawyers. The police had come to depend on seized money. Canada's provincial governments, it appears, are now well into the wonderfully lucrative business model of grabbing private property.

Source: CBC News May 26, 2016 03:30 UTC